Chapter 29 Chapter 29: The Hermit of the Black Marsh

Guo Jing kept calling on the back of the eagle, calling for the little red horse to follow from the ground.In the blink of an eye, the two eagles had already flown far away.Although the male and female eagles are huge in size, it is difficult to fly far away with a person on their backs. After a while, they lose their support, fly lower and lower, and finally touch the ground.Guo Jing jumped off the eagle's back and rushed to look at Huang Rong, seeing that she had passed out on the eagle's back, he quickly untied the belt that bound her, and pushed the blood for her.It took a while for Huang Rong to wake up slowly, but she was too dazed to say a word.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, covering the moon and stars without any light. Guo Jing narrowly escaped death, recalling the scene just now, he still felt lingering fear.But he didn't dare to call the little red horse, for fear that Qiu Qianren would arrive first. After standing there for a while, I had no choice but to walk on foot. All I stepped on were short trees and long grass. Where was the road?Every step he took, the thorns pierced his calf, and he didn't feel any pain. After walking for a while, the surroundings became even darker. Even if he tried his best to open his eyes, it was difficult to see. When he walked more slowly, he was afraid that he would be killed. He stepped into the air and fell into the pit of the ravine, but he didn't dare to stop because he was afraid that the Tiezhang gang would come after him.After walking like this for more than two miles, suddenly a big star appeared on the left side, shining brightly in the sky.He looked intently, trying to identify the direction, and saw that it was not a sky star, but a lamp.

Where there are lights, there must be homes.Guo Jing was very happy, so he quickened his pace and rushed straight towards the lights, he hurried for a while, but he saw that there were trees all around, and it turned out that the lights came from the forest.But as soon as he entered the forest, he could no longer go straight. The path in the forest twisted here and there. When he was young, he suddenly lost the light.Just looking forward and suddenly behind, Guo Jing drove several times, dizzy, still unable to get close to the light, the two eagles and one horse didn't know where to go, he knew at this time that the road in the forest was in trouble, He wanted to jump from the top of the tree, but he couldn't see where he landed in the dark, and he was afraid that the branches would scratch Huang Rong.But if you don't go to lodge, you can't just sit and wait for dawn in this black forest. I thought to myself, don't be so blind, and calm down before talking, and stand up and breathe evenly, and rest for a while.

At this time, Huang Rong was already conscious, she was carried by Guo Jing and turned around and ran straight, although she couldn't see the situation around her, she had figured out the path in the forest, and said softly, "Brother Jing, go diagonally to the right. Guo Jingxi said: "Rong'er, are you okay?" Huang Rong hummed, unable to speak.Guo Jing walked obliquely to the front right according to his words, Huang Rong silently counted his steps, and when he counted to seventeen steps, he said: "Take eight steps to the left." Guo Jing followed his words.Huang Rong said again: "Take another thirteen steps obliquely to the right."

One pointed, the other followed, and the two zigzagged forward in the woods where they couldn't see their fingers.Just now Guo Jing ran back and forth for a while, Huang Rong knew that the road in the forest was artificially arranged.Huang Yaoshi's Five Elements Qimen technique is extremely exquisite, and some of it has been passed down to his daughter.The more fantastic the road in the forest, the more she can speak clearly with her eyes closed. If it is a natural path, she has never been there before, and in the darkness, even the most flat and unremarkable path cannot be recognized.

In this way, sometimes turn left, sometimes turn right, and sometimes go backwards and take a few steps at a diagonal. Guo Jing was overjoyed and went straight forward.Huang Rong shouted urgently: "Don't be reckless!" Guo Jing said "Ah yo", his feet were sunk in the mud until they were covered with paint, he hurriedly raised his breath and jumped back, pulling his feet out forcefully, there was a smell of mud It was extremely pungent, looking forward, two huts were wrapped in a vast white mist, and the lights shot out from the huts. Guo Jing shouted loudly: "We are past guests, and we are seriously ill. I beg the master to make it easier for us to borrow a place to rest and ask for some soup." After a long while, the room was silent. people answer.After speaking for the third time, Fang heard a woman's voice in the hut saying: "Since you can come here, you must have the ability to enter the house. Do you still want me to come out to greet you?" The voice was very cold, obviously not happy Outsiders disturb.

Normally, Guo Jing would rather sleep in the woods for one night than intentionally annoy others, but at this time it is important to save the wounded, but seeing a large swath of mud in front of him, he didn't know how to get over it, so he consulted with Huang Rong in a low voice. Huang Rong thought for a while, then said: "This house is built in a muddy lake. You can see clearly whether the two thatched huts are on one side and the other round." Guo Jing opened his eyes wide and looked at it for a while, then happily said: "Yes! Rong'er, you know everything." Huang Rong said, "When you get to the round house, walk straight three steps towards the light, four steps diagonally to the left, three steps straight again, and four steps diagonally to the right. Walking straight and diagonally like this, Don't make a mistake." Guo Jing followed his advice.Sure enough, there were wooden stakes in the place where they settled down.It's just a little wobbled, crooked or slanted, if it wasn't for his lightness kungfu, he would have fallen into the mud after only a few steps.

Concentrating on raising his breath, he walked straight and slanted, walked one hundred and nineteen steps, and had already circled in front of the square house.There was no door in that house, Huang Rong said in a low voice, "Jump in from here, and land on the left side." Guo Jing carried Huang Rong on his back across the wall and landed on the left side, he couldn't help being startled, and secretly said: "Sure enough, everything is in Rong'er's door." As expected.” It turns out that there is a yard inside the wall, which is divided into two halves, the left half is solid soil, and the right half is a pond.

Guo Jing stepped across the courtyard and walked towards the inner hall. In front of the hall is a moon cave, but there is still no door.Huang Rong whispered: "Go in, there is nothing weird in there anymore." Guo Jing nodded, and said loudly: "The guests in the past took the liberty to come in. It is really a last resort. I ask the virtuous master to be tolerant." After speaking, he paused for a while before leaving Go into the hall. I saw a long table in front of me, with seven oil lamps placed on it, arranged in the shape of a big dipper.Squatting on the ground was a gray-haired woman, wearing a linen shirt, staring at the countless bamboo pieces on the ground, obviously concentrating on her own thoughts, although she heard someone coming in, she didn't look up.

Guo Jing gently placed Huang Rong on a chair, seeing her haggard and bloodless under the light, he felt pity in his heart, and wanted to ask for a bowl of soup, but seeing the old woman's concentration, he was afraid he would interrupt her train of thought. I didn't dare to speak for a while. Huang Rong sat for a while, regained her energy a bit, and saw that the bamboo pieces on the ground were about four inches long and two inches wide, and they knew they were counters for counting.Then look at those operators arranged in the four lines of quotient, reality, method, and debit. The number of operators is hidden, and she is calculating the square root of 55,225. At this time, the "quotient" has been calculated When it reached two hundred and thirty, I saw the old woman fiddled with the counter and was about to count the third digit.Huang Rong blurted out, "Five! Two hundred and thirty-five!"

The old woman was taken aback, she raised her head, her eyes sparkled, she glared at Huang Rong, then she lowered her head to fiddle with the operator.When they looked up, Guo and Huang saw that she had a beautiful complexion, but she was only about forty years old, and they thought she was overthinking, so she saw Huafa early on her temples.The woman fiddled with it for a while, and she figured out that it was "five". She raised her head and glanced at Huang Rong again. The astonishment on her face quickly disappeared, and she saw an angry look again, as if to say, "So it's a little girl. You just happened to guess it right. Why is it surprising? Don't disturb my business here." He wrote down the five characters "two hundred and thirty-five" on the paper, and calculated another calculation problem. This time, she was looking for the cube root of 34,012,224. She had just arranged the operators into six lines: quotient, reality, method, cheap method, corner, and lower method, and she counted to a "three" , Huang Rong said softly: "Three hundred and twenty-four." The woman hummed, how could she believe it?After a long time of calculation, it was about a cup of tea before I finally figured out that it was three hundred and twenty-four. The woman stretched her waist and stood up, but she saw that her forehead was covered with wrinkles, but her cheeks were as thick as fat, her face was bounded by her eyes, the upper half was old, and the lower half was young, but she seemed to be more than twenty years old.She stared at Huang Rong, then suddenly pointed to the inner room and said, "Follow me." Picking up an oil lamp, she walked in. Guo Jing supported Huang Rong and followed them, and saw that the walls of the inner room were surrounded by a circle, and the ground was covered with fine sand. Many horizontal symbols and circles were drawn on the sand, and some "Tai", "Tian Yuan", "Earth Yuan", "Ren Yuan", "Wu Yuan" and other words.Guo Jing didn't know what to say, he stood at the door for fear of breaking the talisman on the sand with his foot, not daring to enter. Huang Rong was taught by her father since she was a child, and she is quite proficient at counting. When she saw the underground symbols, she knew that they were all difficult problems in numbers. They were "Tian Yuan's skills" in the arithmetic. Although they are very complicated, as long as they understand The method is not very difficult (note: it is multivariate and multiple equations in today's algebra, and its method was recorded in ancient Chinese algebra. unknown).Huang Rong pulled out the bamboo stick from her waist, leaned on Guo Jing, and wrote on the sand as she thought, solving all the seven or eight arithmetic problems listed on the sand in a short time. The woman pondered over these calculation problems for several months, but she still couldn't find the solution, so she couldn't help being surprised, she was stunned for a while, and suddenly asked: "Are you human?" ?There are 19 yuan in total in the calculation of the classics. Above the "person" are immortals, Ming, Xiao, Han, Lei, layer, high, upper, and heaven. Death, Spring, Darkness, and Ghost. It’s not easy until the nineteenth yuan!” The woman turned pale in frustration, shook her body a few times, and suddenly fell into the fine sand, holding her head in both hands, thinking hard, after a while, she suddenly raised her head, with a happy face, and said: "Your calculation is natural. I am a hundred times more precise, but I ask you: how to arrange the nine numbers from one to nine in three columns, regardless of the vertical and horizontal angles, the addition of each three characters is fifteen?" Huang Rong thought to herself: "My father manages Peach Blossom Island, how profound is the transformation of the five elements? The law of the Nine Palaces is the foundation of the formation diagram of Peach Blossom Island, how can you not know it?" Then she whispered: "The meaning of the Nine Palaces, The method is to use spirit turtles, two or four as shoulders, six or eight as feet, three on the left and seven on the right, wearing nine shoes and one in the center." While talking and drawing, he drew a picture of the nine palaces on the sand. The woman's face was ashen, and she sighed: "I only know that this is a secret method created by me. It turns out that there have been verses handed down to the world." Huang Rong laughed and said, "Not only the nine palaces, but also the four or four pictures, five or five pictures, and even the hundred son pictures are not enough. Strange. Let’s talk about four or four pictures. Arrange sixteen characters in four rows in sequence. First, the four corners are swapped, one for sixteen, four for thirteen, and then the inner four corners are swapped, six for eleven, seven for ten. The sum of the horizontal, vertical, vertical and oblique angles is thirty-four." The woman drew according to the law, and it was not wrong at all. Huang Rong said: "Each of the nine palaces can be turned into a eight trigrams, numbered from eighty nine to seventy-two, from one to seventy-two, forming a circle around the nine palaces, each circle has four circles at the junction, a total of one. Thirteen circles, adding up the numbers in each circle, the result is 292. This map of Luoshu changes so miraculously, I’m sorry you don’t know it.” While raising his hand, he put the nine palaces and eight trigrams chart with the number seventy-two on it Draw it on the sand. The woman was stunned, stood up tremblingly, and asked: "Who is the girl?" Before Huang Rong could answer, she held her heart in her hands, with a look of severe pain on her face, she hurriedly took out a small bottle from her bosom Swallowed the green pill into his stomach, after a while, his face softened, and he sighed: "That's it, that's it!" Two tears flowed from his eyes. Guo Jing and Huang Rong looked at each other, feeling that this person was behaving extremely strangely.The woman was about to speak, when suddenly there was a burst of shouting, it was the Iron Palm Gang chasing soldiers.The woman said: "A friend or an enemy?" Guo Jing said: "The enemy who chased us." The woman said: "The Iron Palm Gang?" Guo Jing said: "Yes." The woman listened for a while and said: "Governor Qiu personally leads people to chase after him, who are you?" When asked this sentence, the voice was extremely stern. Guo Jing took a step forward, stopped in front of Huang Rong, and said loudly: "The two of us are disciples of the Nine-fingered Beggar Master Hong. My junior sister was injured by the Iron Palm Clan Qiu Qianren and came here to take refuge. If senior has any relationship with the Iron Palm Clan Gua Ge, I refuse to take you in, so let's take our leave." He bowed to the ground, turned around and helped Huang Rong up. The woman smiled faintly and said: "You are young, but you are born so stubborn, you can endure it, but your junior sister can't, you know? I know who it is, it turns out that he is Hong Qigong's apprentice, no wonder he has such abilities." She listened to the cries of the Iron Palm Gang, which were far and near, high and low, and sighed: "They can't find a way, and if they can't get in, don't worry. Even if you come here, you are my guests, God... God How can Yinggu allow people to come and deceive you?" She thought to herself, "I was originally called a 'magic fortune teller' Yinggu, but you little girl is a hundred times better than me in arithmetic, so how can I have the audacity to call myself a 'magic fortune teller'?" After saying the word "God", I will not say the next two words. Guo Jing bowed to thank each other.Ying Gu untied the clothes on Huang Rong's shoulders, looked at her injuries, frowned and said nothing, took out another green pill from the vial in her arms, dissolved it in water and gave it to Huang Rong.Huang Rong took the medicine bowl, wondering whether this person is a friend or an enemy, how can she take her medicine?Seeing her hesitation, Ying Gu sneered and said, "You were hurt by Qiu Qianren's iron palm, do you still think you'll be better? Even if I hurt your heart, there's no need to do anything extra. This medicine will stop your pain, so it's fine if you don't take it." As he spoke, he snatched the medicine bowl between his hands and threw it on the ground. Seeing her being so rude to Huang Rong, Guo Jing couldn't help being furious, and said, "My junior sister is seriously injured, how can you be so angry with her? Rong'er, let's go." Ying Gu sneered, "I, Ying Gu, have two small huts. How can you allow you two juniors to come in as soon as you say it, and come out as soon as you say it?" Holding two bamboo chips in his hand, he blocked the door. Guo Jing thought to himself: "I can't say that, so I have to force my way in." He called out: "Senior, forgive me for being rude." He sank, raised his arms and drew a circle, and with the move "Kanglong Yougui", he rushed straight out the door .This is a powerful move that he comes in handy, I'm afraid Ying Gu won't be able to resist it, she only uses 30% of her strength, she just wants to get out of the door, she doesn't intend to hurt anyone. Seeing the wind of the palm hit Ying Gu, Guo Jing wanted to see how she would make a move, so he would send out the palm force or withdraw it immediately, but she turned slightly sideways, pushed the forearm of her left hand sideways, and turned Guo Jing's palm force aside. .Guo Jing didn't expect her to be so powerful, and being surrounded by her, he couldn't keep his footing and took half a step forward. Ying Gu also didn't expect Guo Jing's palm force to be so strong, her foot slipped on the sand, and then stabilized .When the two fought against each other, they secretly disagreed in their hearts.Ying Gu yelled: "Boy, have you learned all the master's skills?" In her voice, she pointed the bamboo chips over and aimed at the "Curved Lake Point" on the crook of his right arm. This move clearly points the acupoints and hides the killer, so Guo Jing dared not be negligent, and immediately counterattacked, using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms one move, and after several moves, he immediately realized Ying Gu's pure martial arts Feminine all the way.None of her moves were direct attacks, but every move contained insidious backlash. If it wasn't for Guo Jing's ability to fight with both hands, he was able to separate and rescue each other in an emergency, and he would have been injured by the move.The more he fought, the more he didn't dare to push it too hard, and his palm strength gradually weakened, but Ying Gu's martial arts were in a class of his own, her moves seemed weak and weak, but they were like quicksilver pouring down the ground, penetrating every hole, making it impossible to defend against. After a few moves, Guo Jing was forced to take two steps back, and suddenly remembered the method that Hong Qigong taught him to resist Huang Rong's "Luoying Divine Sword Palm": No matter how the opponent's moves are ever-changing, you can ignore them, and only use the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to be tough. If you attack, there will be victory but no defeat.He wanted to show that this place is not auspicious, and this woman is not a kind person, but he has no grievances or enmity with her, but he wants to rush out, he does not want to get entangled with her, and he does not want to hurt her life. Three points are left in the strength, who knows that this woman's kung fu is very good, if she is a little negligent, I am afraid that the lives of both of them will be sent here, so take a breath, raise your elbows slightly, fist with your right and palm with your left , hit straight and push horizontally, and hit it out one fast and one slow.This is the sixteenth palm of the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, "Frost and Ice Arrival", which was passed down by Hong Qigong in Baoying Liu's Ancestral Hall that day. In this move, hardness and softness are combined, positive and negative complement each other, and it is really infinitely magical. .Hong Qigong's martial arts is originally from pure yang to rigidity, but when it reaches the extreme, it is natural that there is softness in the rigidity. Among these palm techniques, strength and softness are mixed together, it is really indistinguishable. Ying Gu let out a low voice: "Hey!" She dodged hastily, but she dodged Guo Jing's direct right fist and left foot kick, but she couldn't let his left palm push horizontally, and this palm just hit her right shoulder. .Guo Jing's palms were strong, and he saw that he was about to push her against the wall, how could the earthen walls of the thatched house withstand such a force, if the wall collapsed, or she broke through the wall, it was strange to say, As soon as the palm touched her shoulder, she felt that her shoulder seemed to be coated with a thick layer of oil, which was extremely slippery, and even the palm slid aside with strength, but her body was also shaken violently, and the two bamboo sticks in her hand were scattered. underground. Guo Jing was taken aback, and hastily withdrew his strength, but Yinggu's skill was extremely quick, she had already taken advantage of the momentum, her hands and five fingers formed awls, and she poked the "Shenfeng" and "Yushu" acupoints on his chest separately, which is indeed a superb acupressure technique.Guo Jingfeng couldn't make it in time, and turned his body slightly, this side seemed to dodge the attack, but in fact there was a murder hidden in the middle.A thought came to her mind: "Her acupressure techniques are somewhat similar to Brother Zhou's. If Brother Zhou and I hadn't performed tens of thousands of tricks in the cave, it would have caught her way." Ying Gu only felt a little bit. A force emanated from his right arm and hit his upper arm. He knew that as soon as his arms were intertwined, the enemy was in the dominant position, and he was in a slave position. His arm must be broken, so he still used the "Loach Kung Fu" just now to trap Guo Jing. His arm slid away. These few moves were mysterious and unpredictable, each move was beyond the opponent's expectation, the two were terrified, they jumped a few steps at the same time, and each guarded the door.Guo Jing thought to himself: "This woman's martial arts is so weird! She doesn't have palm power on her body, so I can only be beaten?" Ying Gu was even more surprised: "How can this young man practice so well at such a young age? Kungfu." Then he remembered: "I have lived in seclusion here for more than ten years, practiced diligently, and accidentally realized the essence of superior martial arts. I thought I would be invincible in the world, and I will soon go out of the forest to avenge and save others. Of course it's not as good as that girl, even martial arts can't beat such a bratty boy, not to mention he has someone on his back, if I really do it, I would have lost. I have spent more than ten years of hard work in vain? Revenge to save people, and then Don't mention it?" Thinking of this, his eyes were red and his nose was sour, and he couldn't help but shed tears again.Guo Jing only said that the strength of his palm had already hurt her, he hurriedly said: "This junior is rude and offended, I really didn't mean it, please forgive me senior, let us go." When Ying Gu saw him talking, she couldn't help turning her eyes to look at Huang Rong, her concern was extremely deep, thinking of her misfortune in her life, her lover being far away, and even today's reunion, she couldn't help feeling jealous , said coldly: "This girl has been hit by Qiu Qianren's iron palm, her face is black, and she has only three days to live. Why are you still protecting her so hard?" Guo Jing was startled, looked carefully at Huang Rong's face, and sure enough there was a faint ink-like black halo between the brows.As soon as his chest felt cold, he felt a surge of hot blood. He rushed to support Huang Rong, and said in a trembling voice, "Rong'er, you...how do you feel?" The woman's words were true, she sighed and said: "Brother Jing, for these three days, don't take a step away from me, okay?" Guo Jing said: "I... I won't take a step away from you." Ying Gu sneered and said, "Even if you don't leave for half a step, you will only stay together for thirty-six hours." Guo Jing looked up at her, his eyes were full of tears, and his face was pleading, as if he was begging her to stop using harsh words to hurt her. Hurt Huang Rong's heart. Ying Gu hurt herself, and her temper became extremely surly for more than ten years. Seeing the tragic change of this couple, she felt very relieved, and was about to say a few more harsh words to ridicule the two of them. Seeing Guo Jing's heartbroken Suddenly, there was a flash of light in my mind, and I thought of something: "Ah, ah, God sent these two people here, but it turned out that it was for me to avenge my hatred and get my wish fulfilled." He raised his head and muttered to himself: "My God, my God!" Only the sound of shouting and yelling from outside the forest gradually sounded again. It seems that after the Iron Palm gang searched around, they expected that Jing and Rong must be in the forest, but they couldn't find a way to enter. Hearing Qiu Qianren's voice, he shouted: "God's fortune teller Yinggu, Qiu Tiezhang is asking to see you." He shouted these two words against the wind, but they also passed on, which shows that his inner strength is extremely profound. Ying Gu went to the window, gathered her qi in her dantian, and shouted: "I never see outsiders. Those who come to my black marsh are dead or alive, don't you know?" Qiu Qianren shouted: "A man and a woman walked in. You have come to the Black Marsh, please leave it to me." Ying Gu shouted: "Who can walk into my Black Marsh? Chief Qiu really underestimates Ying Gu." Qiu Qianren sneered a few times, He stopped talking, and seemed to believe what she said.He only heard the cries of the Iron Palm disciples, and they gradually went away. Ying Gu turned around and said to Guo Jing: "Do you want to save your junior sister?" Her face seemed to be covered with a layer of severe frost, and she said grimly, "Old man! Am I old?" Guo Jing hurriedly said, "No, no, I'm not very old." Ying Gu's eyes moved slowly from Guo Jing's face Opened, looked out the window, and said to himself: "It's not very old, well, it's old after all!" Guo Jing was both happy and anxious, from her tone, it seemed that Huang Rong could be saved, but he offended her again with one word, I don't know if she would still be willing to help, he wanted to defend, but he didn't know what to say. Ying Gu turned her head and saw that he was sweating profusely, extremely embarrassed, and her heart ached: "As long as my man has one-tenth of the affection for me as this silly boy, alas, my life will not be wasted." Singing softly: "Four pieces of machine, the mandarin ducks want to fly together. The poor old man is white first, with spring waves and green grass, in the depths of dawn cold, facing each other in red clothes." Guo Jing heard her read this short poem, his heart shivered, and he said to himself: "This word is very familiar, I have heard it before." But he heard anyone read it before, but he couldn't remember it at the moment, it seemed that it was not the second master Zhu Cong, nor Huang Rong asked in a low voice: "Rong'er, who wrote the words she read? What did she say?" Huang Rong shook her head and said, "It's the first time I've heard it, so I don't know who wrote it. Well, 'Poor Wei The old man turns white', what a good word! Mandarin ducks are born with gray heads..." At this point, I couldn't help looking at Ying Gu's gray hair, thinking: "It really is 'poor old man turns white'!" Guo Jing thought to himself: "Rong'er was taught by her father and knows everything. If it is a famous lyrics, there is no reason why she doesn't know it. Then who sang this word? Of course it can't be her, not her father, nor It will be Master Lu of Guiyun Village. However, I did hear it. Alas, whoever sang it. This senior must have a way to save Rong'er. Ask. How can I beg her? No matter what she wants me to do..." Ying Gu was also recalling the past at this time, with joy and sadness on her face, and in an instant, she raised her head after experiencing decades of grievances and resentments in her heart, and said: "Your junior sister was hit by Qiu Tie's palm, I don't know why He kept the strength in his palm, and it was you, kid, who blocked it, so he was not killed immediately, but no matter what, it won't last three days... Well, there is only one person in the world who can save her from her injuries!" Guo Jing listened in a daze, and when he heard the last sentence, his heart jumped. He was so happy that he knelt down and kowtowed three times, and shouted: "Please old man... no, no, please help me, thank you Endless." Ying Gu said coldly: "Hmph! How can I save people? If I have this supernatural power, why would I still suffer in this damp, cold and miserable place?" Guo Jing didn't dare to speak.After a while, Ying Gu said: "It's considered that you are very lucky. When I met him, I knew where this person was. Fortunately, the journey is not far away, and we can arrive within three days. It's just whether the person is willing to save, but it is It's hard to say." Guo Jingxi said: "I've been begging him hard, and I think he won't turn his back on him." Ying Gu said: "Why don't you say that you won't turn your back on you? It's human nature to turn your back on death. Please, who wouldn't? Could it be possible to teach him to save people? What benefits did you do him? Why did he save you?" The meaning of the words contained great resentment. Guo Jing didn't dare to speak up, there was a glimmer of life in front of his eyes, he was afraid that he would say something wrong and repeat something bad, so she went to the outside room, leaned over the desk and wrote something, wrote for a long time, and wrote the piece of paper. Wrap the paper with a piece of cloth, then take out the needle and thread, and sew up the creases of the cloth bag tightly. After sewing three cloth bags in a row, he returned to the round room and said: "After leaving the forest, avoid the iron palm gang. The pursuers headed northeast, and when they arrived in Taoyuan County, they opened the white cloth bag. The next step was clearly written in it. Before the time and place come, don’t take it apart first.” Guo Jing was overjoyed, and agreed repeatedly, reaching out his hand to take the cloth. bag. Ying Gu withdrew her hands and said, "Wait! If that person refuses to save her, then that's fine. If I can save her life, I have something to ask." Guo Jing said: "The grace of life will be repaid. Please give me your instructions, senior." Ying Gu said coldly, "If your junior sister doesn't die, she must come back here within a month and spend a year with me." Guo Jing wondered, "Then what are you doing?" " Ying Gu said sharply: "What does it have anything to do with you? I just ask her if she is willing or not?" Huang Rong interjected: "You want me to teach you the magic number, what's the problem? I agree. yes." Ying Gu gave Guo Jing a blank look, and said, "It's useless to be a man, not as smart as your junior sister." She handed him three cloth bags.Guo Jing took it in his hand, saw one was white, and the other two were red and one yellow, he immediately put them in his arms firmly, and kowtowed again.Ying Gu moved away, not accepting his great gift, and said: "You don't have to thank me, and I don't accept your thanks. The two of you have no relatives or reason with me, why should I save her? There's no need to waste such a lot of trouble! Let's talk about it first, I saved her life for my own sake. Hmph, people are not for themselves, and heaven and earth will perish." These words were extremely unpleasant to Guo Jing's ears, but he was always clumsy with words and not good at arguing with others, now because of Huang Rong, he didn't dare to say more, he just listened respectfully.Ying Gu rolled her eyes and said, "You guys must be hungry after being tired all night, let's have some porridge." At the moment Huang Rong was lying on the couch, half awake and half asleep, while Guo Jing stood beside her, her mind was full of thoughts.Not long after, Ying Gu brought out two large bowls of steaming rice porridge on a wooden tray, a large plate of pheasant slices, and a plate of cured fish.Guo Jing was hungry a long time ago. He was worried about Huang Rong's injury before, but he didn't feel it. Now he was a little relieved. When he saw the chicken and fish porridge, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva first, patted the back of Huang Rong's hand lightly, and said, "Ronger, get up." Eat porridge." Huang Rong's eyes widened, she shook her head slightly and said, "My chest hurts, don't take it." Ying Gu sneered, "There is medicine for you to relieve the pain, but you are suspicious." Huang Rong ignored her and said, "Brother Jing, Give me another Jiuhua Yulu pill." Those pills were given by Lu Chengfeng at Guiyun Village that day, and Huang Rong kept it in his arms. After being injured by Ouyang Feng, both Hong Qigong and Guo Jing once After taking a few pills, although it does not have the effect of healing the wound and raising the dead, it has the effect of relieving pain and calming the mind.Guo Jing agreed, unwrapped her bag, and took out a grain. When Huang Rong mentioned "Jiuhua Yulu Pill", Ying Gu's body shook suddenly, and when she saw the vermilion pill, she said sharply, "Is this the Jiuhua Yulu Pill? Show me!" Guo Jing Hearing that her tone was very strange, he couldn't help but look up at her, but seeing a fierce light in her eyes, he felt even more surprised, and immediately handed her a bag of pills.Ying Gu took it, but felt the fragrance was tangy, her body was already cool after smelling it, she stared at Guo Jing and said, "This is the elixir from Peach Blossom Island, where did you get it? Tell me, tell me!" Afterwards, the voice was extremely horrific. Huang Rong's heart moved: "This woman's study of the five elements of Qimen has something to do with one of my father's disciples?" Guo Jing said: "She is the daughter of the owner of Taohua Island." Ying Gu jumped up and shouted: "Huang Lao Xie's daughter?" His eyes were shining brightly, his arms were stretched and retracted, and he was about to pounce on her.Huang Rong said: "Brother Jing, return those three cloth bags to her! Since she is my father's enemy, we don't need to accept her favor." Guo Jing took out the cloth bags, but hesitantly refused to hand them over.Huang Rong said: "Brother Jing, put it down! You may not really die. So what?" Guo Jing never disobeyed Huang Rong's wishes, so he had to put the cloth bag on the table, tears rolling in his eyes. But seeing Ying Gu looking out the window, she murmured again: "My God, my God!" She suddenly walked into the compartment, turned her back, and didn't know what to do.Huang Rong said: "Let's go, I'm very tired of seeing this girl." Before Guo Jing could answer, Ying Gu had already walked back and said, "I'm studying magic in order to enter Peach Blossom Island. Huang Laoxie's daughter If this is the case, it will be useless for me to study for another hundred years. What is my fate, what can I say? You go, take the cloth pouch." He said, stuffing a bag of Jiuhua Yulu pills and three cloth pouches into Guo Jing's hands , and said to Huang Rong: "This Jiuhua Yulu pill is harmful to your injury, and you must not take it again. Don't forget the one-year agreement after the injury. Your father ruined my life. I would rather feed the food here to the dog than to give it to the dog." You eat." He said and threw the porridge, chicken and fish out of the window. Huang Rong was so angry that she was about to sneer back, but in a flash, she supported Guo Jing to stand up, and wrote three calculation problems on the fine sand on the ground with a bamboo stick: The first one is the "seven obscurations and nine holdings of Tianzhu pen calculation" including the sun, moon, water, fire, wood, gold, earth, Rahu, and Jidu; The theory of progressions in mathematics); the third is the "Ghost Valley Calculation Problem": "There are things today that I don't know the number of, and the number of three and three is two, the number of five and five is three, and the number of seven and seven is two. Geometry?" (Note: This belongs to number theory in advanced mathematics, and scholars in the Song Dynasty of our country have already studied this kind of topic quite intensively.) She wrote down three questions, supported Guo Jing's arm, and walked out slowly.Guo Jing stepped out of the gate, turned around, and saw Ying Gu holding a counting chip in her hand, staring at the ground, dazed. The two walked into the forest, Guo Jing carried Huang Rong on his back, still letting her guide the way, and walked out step by step.Guo Jing was afraid of counting his wrong steps, so he didn't dare to speak. He didn't ask until he got out of the woods, "Rong'er, what did you draw on the sand?" She will not be able to figure it out, and her gray hair will all be gray. Who taught her to be so rude?" Guo Jing said, "What kind of enmity did she have with your father?" Huang Rong said, "I didn't hear what your father said. Yes." After a long while, she said, "She must have been a beauty when she was young, Brother Jing, do you think so?" She had a faint suspicion in her heart: "Could it be that Dad had some love affair with her in the past? Hmph, most likely she wanted to. Marry my daddy, but my daddy doesn't want her." Guo Jing said: "It doesn't matter if she is beautiful or not. She is thinking about your topic, even if she suddenly regrets it, she will not chase her out and take the cloth bag back." Huang Rong said: "I don't know what is written in the cloth bag, I'm afraid She may not have good intentions, let's take it apart and have a look." Guo Jing hurriedly said: "No, no! According to her words, we will take it apart when we arrive at Taoyuan." Huang Rong was very curious and couldn't help but want to see it first, but Guo Jing insisted If you don't agree, you have to.
After a night of commotion, it was already dawn, Guo Jing jumped up to the top of the tree and looked around, but he saw no trace of the Iron Palm disciples, so he was relieved for the first time, and after several whistles, the little red horse galloped over, and soon the pair of eagles also flew into the sky .As soon as the two got on their horses, they suddenly heard loud shouts from the edge of the forest, and dozens of Iron Palms swarmed over.They stayed around the forest for midnight, when they heard Guo Jing screaming, they hurriedly chased after him, but Qiu Qianren was not among them.Guo Jing yelled: "Excuse me!" With a little effort on his legs, the little red horse seemed to soar into the air, but he felt the wind blowing in his ears, and within a moment, the gang disappeared without a trace. The little red horse had run more than a hundred li by noon.The two were chatting in a small restaurant by the side of the road. Huang Rong had chest pains and could only drink half a bowl of rice soup.When Guo Jing asked, he knew that the place was under the jurisdiction of Taoyuan County, so he quickly took out the small white cloth pouch and pulled off the stitches. It turned out that there was a map inside, with two lines written beside the map: "Follow the path shown in the map, the road There is a big waterfall at the end, and there is a hut next to it. When you arrive, remove the red cloth bag." Guo Jing didn't delay, got on his horse and set off for seventy or eighty li according to the map. The road became narrower and narrower. After another eighty-nine li, there were mountains on both sides of the road. But the little red horse couldn't move forward.Guo Jing had no choice but to shoulder Huang Rong's burden, leaving the little red horse to graze the weeds on the side of the mountain, and strode into the mountain with big strides. It took about an hour to walk along the steep ridge, and the road was even narrower. In some places, Guo Jing had to hug Huang Rong horizontally, and the two of them could pass sideways.At this time, it was the hottest day of July, the red sun was scorching, and the fire was hot, but the mountain peaks beside the road pierced into the sky, completely covering the scorching sun, and it was quite cool. After walking for a while, Guo Jing was hungry, so he took out a dry food pancake from his bosom, tore a few pieces and fed it to Huang Rong's mouth. Thirsty, suddenly heard the faint sound of water in the distance, and immediately quickened his pace.The empty mountain is silent, the sound of water reverberating in the valley, roaring and raging, the sound of the water getting louder as you go, until you reach the top of the ridge, you can see a big waterfall like a white dragon rushing down from between the two peaks on the opposite side, The momentum was astonishing.Looking down from the ridge, there is a thatched hut next to the waterfall.郭靖拣块山石坐下，取出红色布囊拆开，见囊内白纸上写道： “此女之伤，当世唯段皇爷能救……” 郭靖看到“段皇爷”三字，吃了一惊，道：“段皇爷，那不是与你爹爹齐名的'南帝'吗？”黄蓉本已极为疲累，听他说到“南帝”，心中一凛，道：“段皇爷？师父也说过他的伤只有段皇爷能治。我曾听爹爹说，段皇爷在云南大理国做皇帝，那不是……”想起云南与此处相隔万水千山，三日之间哪能到达，不禁胸中凉了，勉力坐起，倚在郭靖肩头，和他同看纸上之字： “此女之伤，当世唯段皇爷能救。彼多行不义，避祸桃源，外人万难得见，若言求医，更犯大忌，未登其堂，已先遭渔樵耕读之毒手矣。故须假言奉师尊洪七公之命，求见皇爷禀报要讯，待见南帝亲面，以黄色布囊中之图交出。一线生机，尽悬于斯。” 郭靖读毕，转头向着黄蓉，却见她蹙眉默然，即问：“蓉儿，段皇爷怎么多行不义了？为甚么求医是更犯大忌？渔樵耕读的毒手是甚么？”黄蓉叹道：“靖哥哥，你别当我聪明得紧，甚么事都知道。” 郭靖一怔，伸手将她抱起，道：“好，咱们下去。”凝目远眺，只见瀑布旁柳树下坐着一人，头戴斗笠，隔得远了，那人在干甚么却瞧不清楚。 一来心急，二来下岭路易走得多，不多时郭靖已背着黄蓉快步走近瀑布，只见柳树下那人身披蓑衣，坐在一块石上，正自垂钓。这瀑布水势湍急异常，一泻如注，水中哪里有鱼？纵然有鱼，又哪有余暇吞饵？看那人时，见他约莫四十来岁年纪，一张黑漆漆的锅底脸，虬髯满腮，根根如铁，双目一动不动的凝视水中。 郭靖见他全神贯注的钓鱼，不敢打扰，扶黄蓉倚在柳树上休息，自己过去瞧那瀑布中到底有甚么鱼。等了良久，忽见水中金光闪了几闪，那渔人脸现喜色，猛然间钓杆直弯下去，只见水底下一条尺来长的东西咬着钓丝，那物非鱼非蛇，全身金色，模样甚是奇特。郭靖大感诧异，不禁失声叫道：“咦，这是甚么？” 便在这时，水中又钻出一条同样的金色怪鱼咬住钓丝，那渔人更是喜欢，用力握住钓杆不动。只见那钓杆愈来愈弯，眼见要支持不住，突然拍的一声，杆身断为两截。两条怪鱼吐出钓丝，在水中得意洋洋的游了几转，瀑布虽急，却冲之不动，转眼之间，钻进了水底岩石之下，再也不出来了。 那渔人转过身来，圆睁怒目，喝道：“臭小子，老子辛辛苦苦的等了半天，偏生叫你这小贼来惊走了。”伸出蒲扇般的大手，上前两步就要动武，不知忽地想起了甚么，终于强自克制，双手捏得骨节格格直响，满脸怒容。 郭靖知道自己无意之中闯了祸，不敢回嘴，只得道：“大叔息怒，是小人不是，不知那是甚么怪鱼？”那渔人骂道：“你瞎了眼珠啦，这是鱼么？这是金娃娃。”郭靖被骂，也不恼怒，陪笑道：“请问大叔，甚么是金娃娃？”那渔人更是暴跳如雷，喝道：“金娃娃就是金娃娃，你这臭小贼啰唆甚么？”郭靖要恳求他指点去见段皇爷的路径，哪敢轻易得罪，只是打拱作揖的赔不是。旁边黄蓉却忍不住了，插口道：“金娃娃就是金色的娃娃鱼。我家里便养着几对，有甚么希罕了？” 那渔人听黄蓉说出“金娃娃”的来历，微感惊讶，骂道：“哼，吹得好大的气，家里养着几对！我问你，金娃娃干甚么用的？”黄蓉道：“有甚么用啊？我见它生得好看，叫起来呀呀呀的，好像小孩儿一般，就养着玩儿。” 那渔人听她说得不错，脸色登时和缓，道：“女娃儿，你家里若是真养得有，那你就须赔我一对。”黄蓉道：“我干么要赔你？”渔人指着郭靖道：“我正好钓到一条，却给他莽莽撞撞的一声大叫，又惹出一条来，扯断了钓杆。这金娃娃聪明得紧，吃过了一次苦头，第二次休想再钓得着。不叫你赔叫谁赔？”黄蓉笑道：“就算钓着，你也只有一条。你钓到了一条，第二条难道还肯上钩？”渔人无言可对，搔搔头道：“那么赔我一条也是好的。”黄蓉道：“若是把一对金娃娃生生拆散，过不了三天，雌雄两条都会死的。” 那渔人更无怀疑，忽地向她与郭靖连作三揖，叫道：“好啦，算我的不是，求你送我一对成不成？” 黄蓉微笑道：“你先得对我说，你要金娃娃何用？”那渔人迟疑了一阵，道：“好，就说给你听。我师叔是天竺国人，前几日来探访我师父，在道上捉得了一对金娃娃，十分欢喜。他说天竺国有一种极厉害的毒虫，为害人畜，难有善法除灭，这金娃娃却是那毒虫克星。他叫我喂养几日，待他与我师父说完话下山，再交给他带回天竺去繁殖，哪知道……”黄蓉接口道：“哪知道你一个不小心，让金娃娃逃入了这瀑布之中！” 那渔人奇道：“咦，你怎知道？”黄蓉小嘴一撇，道：“那还不易猜。这金娃娃本就难养，我先前共有五对，后来给逃走了两对。”那渔人双眼发亮，脸有喜色，道：“好姑娘，给我一对，你还剩两对哪。否则师叔怪罪起来，我可担当不起。”黄蓉笑道：“送你一对，那也没甚么大不了，可是你先前干么这样凶啊？” 那渔人又是笑又是急，只说：“唉，是我这么莽撞脾气不好，当真要好好改才是。好姑娘，你府上在哪里？我跟你去取，好不好？这里去不远罢？”黄蓉轻轻叹了口气道：“说近不近，说远不远，三四千里路是有的。” 那渔人吃了一惊，根根虬髯竖了起来，喝道：“小丫头，原来是在消遣老爷。”提起醋钵大的拳头，就要往黄蓉头上捶将下去，只是见她年幼柔弱，这一拳怕打死了她，拳在空中，迟迟不落。郭靖早已抢在旁边，只待他拳劲一发，立时抓他手腕。黄蓉笑道：“急甚么？我早想好了主意。靖哥哥，你呼白雕儿来罢。” 郭靖不明她的用意，但依言呼雕。那渔人听他喉音一发，山谷鸣响，中气极是充沛，不禁暗暗吃惊：“适才幸好未曾动手，否则怕要吃这小子的亏。” 过不多时，双雕循声飞至。黄蓉剥了块树皮，用针在树皮背后刺了一行字道：“爹爹：我要一对金娃娃，叫白雕带来罢。女蓉叩上。”郭靖大喜，割了二条衣带，将树皮牢牢缚在雄雕足上。黄蓉向双雕道：“到桃花岛，速去速回。”郭靖怕双雕不能会意，手指东方，连说了三声“桃花岛”。双雕齐声长鸣，振翼而起，在天空盘旋一周，果然向东而去，片刻之间已隐没云中。 那渔人惊得张大了口合不拢来，喃喃的道：“桃花岛，桃花岛？黄药师黄老先生是你甚么人？”黄蓉傲然道：“是我爹爹，怎么啦？”那渔人道：“啊！”却不接话。黄蓉道：“数日之间，我的白雕儿会把金娃娃带来，不太迟罢？”那渔人道：“但愿如此。”望着靖、蓉二人上下打量，眼中满是怀疑神色。 郭靖打了一躬道：“不曾请教大叔尊姓大名。”那渔人不答，却道：“你们到这里来干甚么？是谁教你们来的？”郭靖恭恭敬敬的道：“晚辈有事求见段皇爷。”他原想依瑛姑柬帖所示，说是奉洪七公之命而来，但明明是撒谎的言语，终究说不出口。 那渔人厉声道：“我师父不见外人，你们找他干么？”依郭靖本性，就要实说，但又恐因此见南帝不着，误了黄蓉性命，说不得，只好权且骗他一骗，正要开言，那渔人见他神色不定，黄蓉容颜憔悴，已猜到了七八分，喝道：“你们想要我师父治病，是不是？”郭靖被他喝破心事，哪里还能隐瞒，只得点头称是，心中又急又悔，只恨没能抢先撒谎。 那渔人大声道：“见我师父，再也休想。我拚着受师父师叔责骂，也不要你们甚么金娃娃、银娃娃啦，快快下山去罢！” 这几句话说得斩钉截铁，绝无丝毫转圜余地，只把郭靖听得呆了半晌，倒抽凉气，过了好一阵，上前躬身行礼道：“这位受伤求治的是桃花岛黄岛主的爱女，现下是丐帮的帮主，务求大叔瞧着黄岛主与洪帮主两位金面，指点一条明路，引我们拜见段皇爷。” 那渔人听到“洪帮主”三字，脸色稍见和缓，摇头道：“这位小姑娘是丐帮帮主？我可不信。”郭靖指着黄蓉手中的竹杖道：“这是丐帮帮主的打狗棒，想来大叔必当识得。”那渔人点了点头道：“那么九指神丐是你们甚么人？”郭靖道：“正是我们两人的恩师。”那渔人“啊”了一声，道：“原来如此。你们来找我师父，那是奉九指神丐之命的了？” 郭靖迟疑未答，黄蓉忙接口道：“正是。”那渔人低头沉吟，自言自语：“九指神丐与我师父交情非比寻常，这事该当如何？”黄蓉心想，乘他犹豫难决之际，快下说辞，又道：“师父命我们求见段皇爷，除了请他老人家疗伤，尚有要事奉告。” 那渔人突然抬起头来，双目如电，逼视黄蓉，厉声道：“九指神丐叫你们来求见'段皇爷'？”黄蓉道：“是啊！”那渔人又追问一句：“当真是'段皇爷'，不是旁人？”黄蓉知道其中必有别情，可是无法改口，只得点了点头。 那渔人走上两步，大声喝道：“段皇爷早已不在尘世了！”靖、蓉二人大吃一惊，齐声道：“死了？”那渔人道：“段皇爷离此尘世之时，九指神丐就在他老人家的身旁，岂有再命你们来拜见段皇爷之理？你们受谁指使？到此有何阴谋诡计？快快说来。”说着又踏前一步，左手一拂，右手横里来抓黄蓉肩头。 郭靖见他越逼越近，早有提防，当他右手离黄蓉身前尺许之际，左掌圆劲，右掌直势，使招“见龙在田”，挡在黄蓉身前。这一招纯是防御，却是在黄蓉与渔人之间布了一道坚壁，敌来则挡，敌不至则消于无形。那渔人见他虽然出掌，但势头斜向一边，并非对自己进击，心中微感诧异，五指继续向黄蓉左肩抓去，又进半尺，突然与郭靖那一招劲道相遇，只感手臂剧痛，胸口微微发热，这一抓立时被反弹出来。 他只怕郭靖乘势进招，急忙跃开，横臂当胸，心道：“当年听洪七公与师父谈论武功，这正是他老人家的降龙十八掌功夫，那么这两个少年确是他的弟子，倒也不便得罪。”只见郭靖拱了拱手，神色甚是谦恭，这一招虽是他占了上风，但无半点得意之色，心中对他又多了几分好感，说道：“两位虽是九指神丐的弟子，可是此行却非奉他老人家之命而来，是也不是？”郭靖不知他如何猜到，但既被说中，无法抵赖，只得点了点头。 那渔人脸上已不似先前凶狠，说道：“纵然九指神丐自身受伤至此，小可也不能送他老人家上山去见家师。区区下情，两位见谅。”黄蓉道：“当真连我师父也不能？”那渔人摇头道：“不能！打死我也不能！”黄蓉心中琢磨：“他明说段皇爷是他师父，可是又说段皇爷已经死了，又说死时洪恩师就在他的身旁，这中间许多古怪之处，却是叫人难以索解。”寻思：“他师父在这山上，那是一定的了，管他是不是段皇爷，我们总得见上一见。”抬头仰视，只见那山峰穿云插天，较之铁掌山的中指峰尤高数倍，山石滑溜，寸草不生，那片大瀑布恰如从空而降，实无上山之路，心想：“李白说黄河之水天上来，这一片水才真是天上来呢。” 她目光顺着瀑布往下流动，心中盘算上山之策，突然眼前金光闪烁，水底有物游动。她慢慢走到水边，定睛瞧去，只见一对金娃娃钻在山石之中，两条尾巴却在外面乱晃，忙向郭靖招手，叫他过来观看。 郭靖“啊”的一声，道：“我下去捉上来。”黄蓉道：“唏！那不成，水这么急，怎站得住足？别发傻啦。”郭靖却想：“我若冒险将这对怪鱼捉到送给渔人，当能动他之心，引我们去见他师父。否则的话，难道眼睁睁瞧着蓉儿之伤无人疗治？”他知黄蓉必会阻拦，当下一语不发，也不除衣裤鞋袜，涌身就往瀑布中跳落。 黄蓉急叫：“靖哥哥！”站起身来，立足不定，摇摇欲倒。那渔人也是大吃一惊，伸手扶她站稳了，立即奔向茅屋，似欲去取物来救郭靖。黄蓉坐回石上，看郭靖时，只见他稳稳站定水底，一任瀑布狂冲猛击，身子竟未摇晃，慢慢弯腰去捉那对金娃娃。 但见他一手一条，已握住了金娃娃的尾巴轻轻向外拉扯，只恐弄伤了怪鱼，不敢使力，岂知那金娃娃身上全是粘液，滑腻异常，几下扭动，挣脱了郭靖掌握，先后窜入石底。郭靖急抢时，却哪里来得及，刹那间影踪不见。黄蓉失声低呼，忽听背后一人大声惊叫，回过头来，见那渔人已站在自己身后，左肩上扛了一艘黑黝黝的小船，右手握着两柄铁桨，想是要下水去救人。 郭靖双足使劲，以“千斤坠”功夫牢牢站稳石上，恰以中流砥柱，屹立不动，闭气凝息，伸手到怪鱼遁入的那大石底下用力一抬，只感那石微微摇动，心中大喜，使出降龙十八掌中一招“飞龙在天”，双掌向上猛举，水声响处，那巨石竟被他抬了起来。他变招奇速，巨石一起，立时一招“潜龙勿用”横推过去，那巨石受水力与掌力夹击，擦过他身旁，蓬蓬隆隆，滚落下面深渊中去了，响声在山谷间激荡发出回音，轰轰然良久不绝。只见他双手高举，一手抓住一只金娃娃，一步一步从瀑布中上来。 瀑布日夜奔流，年深月久，在岩石间切了一道深沟，约有二丈来高。那渔人见郭靖站在沟底，哪里跳得上来，于是垂下铁桨，想要让他握住，吊将上来。但郭靖手中握着怪鱼，只怕一松手又被滑脱逃去，当下在水底凝神提气，右足一点，身子斗然间从瀑布中钻出，跟着左足在深沟边上横里一撑，人已借力跃到岸上。 黄蓉虽和他相聚日久，却不料他功力已精进如此，见他在水底定身抬石、闭气捉鱼，视瀑布的巨力冲击俨若无物，心中又惊又喜。其实郭靖为救黄蓉，乃是豁出了性命甘冒大险，待得出水上岸，回头见那瀑布奔腾而去，水沫四溅，不由得目眩心惊，自己也不信适才居然有此刚勇下水。那渔人更是惊佩无已，知道若非气功、轻功、外功俱臻上乘，别说捉鱼，一下水就给瀑布冲入下面深渊去了。 两尾金娃娃在郭靖掌中翻腾挣扎，哇哇而叫，宛如儿啼。郭靖笑道：“怪不得叫作娃娃鱼，果然像小孩儿哭叫一般。”伸手交给渔人。 那渔人喜上眉梢，放下铁桨，正要接过，忽然心中一凛，缩回手去，说道：“你抛回水里去罢，我不能要。”郭靖奇道：“干么？”渔人道：“我收了金娃娃，仍是不能带你去见我师父。受惠不报，难道不教天下英雄耻笑？”郭靖一呆，正色道：“大叔坚执不允携带，必有为难之处，晚辈岂敢勉强？区区一对鱼儿，说得上甚么受惠不受惠？大叔只管拿去！”说着将鱼儿送到渔人手中。那渔人伸手接了，神色间颇为过意不去。 郭靖转头向黄蓉道：“蓉儿，常言道死生有命，寿算难言，你的伤若是当真不治，阴世路上，总是有你靖哥哥陪着就是了。咱们走罢！” 黄蓉听他真情流露，不禁眼圈一红，但心中已有算计，向渔人道：“大叔，你既不肯指点，那也罢了，但有一件事我不明白，你若不说，我可是死不瞑目。”渔人道：“甚么？”黄蓉道：“这山峰光滑如镜，无路可上，你若肯送我们上山，却又有甚么法子？”那渔人心想：“若不是我携带，他们终究难以上山，这一节说也无妨。”于是说道：“说难是难，说易却也容易得紧。从右首转过山角，已非瀑布，乃是一道急流，我坐在这铁舟之中，扳动铁桨，在急湍中逆流而上，一次送一人，两次就送两人上去。” 黄蓉道：“啊，原来如此。告辞了！”站起身来，扶着郭靖转身就走。郭靖一拱手，不再言语。那渔人见二人下山，只怕金娃娃逃走，飞奔到茅舍中去安放。黄蓉道：“快抢铁舟铁桨，转过山角下水！”郭靖一怔，道：“这……这不大好罢？”黄蓉道：“好，你爱做君子，那就做君子罢！” “救蓉儿要紧，还是做正人君子要紧？”瞬息之间，这念头在脑海中连闪几次，一时沉吟难决，却见黄蓉已快步向上而行，这时哪里还容得他细细琢磨，不由自主的举起铁舟，急奔转过山角，喝一声：“起！”用力掷入瀑布的上游。 铁舟一经掷出，他立即抢起铁桨，挟在左腋之下，右手横抱黄蓉，只见铁舟已顺着水流冲到跟前，同时听到耳后暗器声响，当即低头让过暗器，涌身前跃，双双落入舟中。一枚暗器打中黄蓉背心，给背囊中包着的软猬甲弹开。这时水声轰轰，只听得那渔人高声怒吼，已分辨不出他叫些什么，眼见铁舟随着瀑布即将流至山石边缘，若是冲到了边缘之外，这一泻如注，自非摔得粉身碎骨不可，郭靖左手铁桨急忙挥出，用力一扳，铁舟登时逆行了数尺。他右手放下黄蓉，铁桨再是一扳，那舟又向上逆行了数尺。 那渔人站在水旁戟指怒骂，风声水声中隐隐听到甚么“臭丫头！”“小贱人！”之声，黄蓉嘻嘻而笑，道：“他仍当你是好人，净是骂我。” 郭靖全神贯注的扳舟，哪里听到她说话，双膀使力，挥桨与激流相抗。那铁舟翘起了头鼓浪逆行。此处水流虽不如瀑布般猛冲而下，却也极是急促，郭靖划得面红气促，好几次险些给水冲得倒退下去，到后来水势略缓，他又悟到了用桨之法，以左右互搏的心法，双手分使“神龙摆尾”那一招。每一桨出去，都用上降龙十八掌的刚猛之劲，掌力直透桨端，左一桨“神龙摆尾”，右一桨“神龙摆尾”，把铁舟推得宛似顺水而行一般。黄蓉赞道：“就是让那渔人来划，也未必能有这么快！” 又行一阵，划过两个急滩，一转弯，眼前景色如画，清溪潺潺，水流平稳之极，几似定住不动。那溪水宽约丈许，两旁垂柳拂水，绿柳之间夹植着无数桃